On This Day In History...Major Weather Events in the PNW or West
I thought it would be fun to have a running topic where we can post major events on this day in history. I'm mainly looking for events for the PNW Western Lowlands, but major events for anywhere in the West are welcome. I'll start it off with November 18th... The big cold wave / snow events in November 1985 were just getting started on this date. My daily temperature range was 35-26 with just a trace of snow on the ground, but much more was very near. Landsburg already had 2 inches on the
Incredible low level Fraser River push on this day in 1985. SEA had a midnight high of 35 and temps quickly tumbled as the front moved in, with a daytime high of just 21. To the north, near all time record cold set in, Victoria and Vancouver's daytime maxes were just 16 with 15 at Bellingham. Some of the coldest snow ever observed occurred in southern B.C. with Abbotsford seeing 5 degree snowfall early in the morning. The day before, northern Vancouver Island observed similar conditions with a n
